Tag: Human Rights
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Irom Sharmila and her struggle to repeal AFSPA
By Chandan Mohanty, KIIT Law School, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar. On 2nd November 2000, in Malcom, a town in Imphal Valley of Manipur, ten civilians were shot and killed while waiting at a bus stop, by the Assam Rifles, one of the Indian Paramilitary forces operating in the state. This incident became famous as the ‘Malcom Massacre’ which…
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Accession of the European Union to the European Convention of Human Rights
By Juš Černovšek, Lawyer, Slovenia. The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that the draft agreement on the accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is not compatible with EU law. The ruling deals a blow to efforts trying to make the Union accede to the ECHR…
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Being Tough on Terrorism or Respecting Human Rights Laws
By Sneha Baul, CLC, Faculty of Law, Delhi University. INTRODUCTION: Human Rights are the inherent rights, which are basic, fundamental and pervasive in nature. With the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 and a series of other multilateral treaties and other declarations concluded through the United Nations, the human rights had been recognized universally beyond the peripheries…